Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 16:10:52 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Robert Chalmers <robert@nanguo.chalmers.com.au> Cc: bsd <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: how do I put in a new root partition hdd Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970115160923.5627I-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <199701150604.QAA01908@nanguo.chalmers.com.au>
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On Wed, 15 Jan 1997, Robert Chalmers wrote: > This may seem like silly question, but how do I put in a new HDD, (IDE) > that will be the / or root partition, when I have another HDD as the > /usr partition, without trashing the secondary HDD and its contents.? > I shuld just be able to do a minimal install, and restore a DUMP of the > original root partition right? I can do that on another OS, what happens > with FreeBSD? Generally, the /usr partition is a separate partition. You can safely install to a new disk and rewire the new system to use your old /usr by modifying /etc/disktab. You shouldn't have any trouble, just as long as you keep sysinstall away from that disk:) Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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